In just a few days, on September 24th, Warner Bros will release "The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector's Edition" as a Blu-ray box set. In a featurette on one of the discs, executives spoke about Christopher Nolan's pitch to the studio to let him direct "Batman Begins."

"The pitch that Chris had... it was quick. It was ten or 15 minutes. But it was so holistic, and it really was 'Batman Begins,'" said Greg Silverman, the president of production at Warner Bros.

Jeff Robinov, former president at Warner Bros, added: "Chris came in and said, 'Look, this is what I want to do in the movie. This is what I want to do with it visually. This is where I think the character needs to go. I think it's going to be different than any superhero movie anybody's seen before. And what I really want to do is take that genre and embrace it as a real film genre.'"

Nolan also commented on the pitch, stating: "When I went in and talked to them about it, it was very open. Now, that's a great opportunity, particularly for a writer/director."

The same way that following Avatar everyone jumped on the 3D bandwagon, this meeting was basically the start of the superhero bandwagon and even more of the dark gritty ghost train of soulless films that directors started making since then. Hollywood sheep!

The same way that following Avatar everyone jumped on the 3D bandwagon, this meeting was basically the start of the superhero bandwagon and even more of the dark gritty ghost train of soulless films that directors started making since then. Hollywood sheep!